The Seven Swans (1917)

- Directed by
- J. Searle Dawley
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

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How it feels
A young woman encounters a group of swans that may be enchanted. The story unfolds in a fairy tale setting with silent film visuals.
silentfantasticalwhimsicaldreamlikenostalgicgentlesimpleold-fashioned
What happens
The Seven Swans is a lost 1917 American silent fantasy film starring Marguerite Clark. Famous Players Film Company produced and J. Searle Dawley directed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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